SUMOLIGHT, known for SUMOSPACE, SUMOSKY, SUMOMAX and new SUMOLASER lighting, announces the opening of a new US facility adjacent to the burgeoning Santa Clarita Studio film community. The convenient location offers a showroom to test existing and upcoming SUMOLIGHT products. The accessible ground floor space provides filmmakers with a warehouse full of SUMOLIGHT fixtures backed by local support.

ES Broadcast's hire division has taken delivery of the UK’s first Sony HDC-F5500 rental units – and the camera’s impressive creative capabilities will be the main attraction at a technology and networking event in London next week. Sony HDC-F5500 adds artistic creativity to live productions

Wooden Camera announced today that two new collections of custom kits and accessories for the Fujifilm GFX100S and X-H2S will be showcased at the 2022 Cine Gear Expo from June 9–12, 2022, in booth 565 in the West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Nevion, a Sony Group Company and award-winning provider of virtualized media production solutions, announced today that it is adding up/down/cross conversion (UDC) capabilities to its flagshipsoftware-defined media node, Virtuoso. The media function software provides low latency, native-IP, and high-quality video conversion for live broadcast and media production applications, including remote and distributed production.

Nevion, a Sony Group Company and award-winning provider of virtualized media production solutions, announced today that it is adding essential broadcast control functionality to its flagship VideoIPath media orchestration platform This integration will provide a consistent system for both broadcast control and network orchestration, supporting the complete production lifecycle (engineering, set-up, production, tear-down). It will also make it simpler and more cost-effective to deploy, roll-out and upgrade workflow control.

The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) has announced further details for the much-anticipated 2022 HPA Tech Retreat Supersession, this year focusing on virtual production. The Supersession will take place in person on Tuesday, February 22 during the four-day Tech Retreat. Programmed this year by respected industry experts Kari Grubin and Erik Weaver, the Supersession boasts an impressive lineup of speakers, demonstrations, and case studies from leaders in the adaptation and evolution of virtual production and in camera VFX. The program presents an unusual opportunity to see what happens when the major technology innovators and manufacturers collaborate in real time. Speakers are still being added and further updates will be available at hpaonline.com. 

SMPTE®, the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, today announced that Florian Schleich has been elected to serve as SMPTE standards vice president, effective Jan. 1, 2022. In this role, he will be directing and supervising the standards projects of the Society.

Origin Film & Television, a broadcast and post-production equipment rental company specialising in workflow design and engineering, has appointed James Gander as managing director. Former managing director and company director of Hyperactive Broadcast, Gander’s appointment is a strategic move designed to accelerate the ambitious growth plans of the business. Liam Wife, the company’s founder, remains as operations director.

Broadpeak®, a leading provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay-TV operators worldwide, and Enghouse, a leading global telecommunications technology and IPTV SaaS platform solutions provider, announced today they are joining forces to optimize Ohio-based cable operator MCTV's video streaming service, MCTV Stream. MCTV is deploying a future-proof solution from Broadpeak and Enghouse to guarantee the best possible quality of service for subscribers on a wide range of devices, including Fire TV and Android™ devices.

Blackmagic Design announced that Sky Original, Brassic Series 3, was graded in DaVinci Resolve Studio while VFX compositing was completed using DaVinci Resolve’s Fusion.

Going into the third season, consistency in the grade was vital, according to Core Post’s Matt Brown. Produced by Calamity Films, Brassic Series 3 is the boldest series yet and features more than 400 visual effects across eight episodes.